Radiator for steam and water



J. LANGE.

RADIATOR FOR STEAM AND WATER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28.!916- Y Patented Jan. 13,1920.

WE D r me PME w JENS LANGE, or HELLERUP, DENMARK, ASSIGNOR TO DANS-K VARMEKEDEL SYNDIKAT SYSTEM LANGE, FABRIKANT-FIRMA, OE COPENHAGEN,DEI\TMARK, A CORPORATION OF DENMARK.

Application filed April 28, 1916. Serial No. 94,132.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ENS LANGE, citizen of the Kingdom of Denmark, residing at Hellerup, Denmark, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Radiatorsfor Steam and Water, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide radiators, and especially those used in central heating plants employing steam or hot water as the heating medium, with heat accumulating blocks interposed between the vertical radlator elements and serving also to present a continuous attractive front of the radiator. To this end, the said blocks are provided with lateral, extensions, meet ing each other in front of the elements and becoming the front of the radiator.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a radiator embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 represents a horizontal cross sec. tion on an enlarged scale through a part of the same, taken at one frontcorner.

Figs. 3 and 4 represent enlarged views in horizontal section of parts of radiator fronts, showing different forms of blocks and elements.

Heating elements (Figs. 2, 3 and 4:) are used with horizontal tubes 2 (Figs. 1 and 2), which are at the upper and lower parts.

' of the radiator and serve as connections between the elements as Well as for supplying and carrying off steam and water.- The lower tube 2 is extended in front to present a flat rim 13 running along the entire length of the front of the radiator near its bottom. The radiator rests on feet .1 1.

The heating elements 1 are provided on their front faces with short forward extensions, which may vary considerably in form, thus having, for example, the stud form 4 of Fig. 2, with neck and enlarged buttonlike head; or the form 4 of Fig. 3, having a solid enlarged nearly spherical head; or the hollow-headed form 4 of Fig. 4. In many instances each of the elements 1 has such an extension, though it is possible to use a less number of extensions, as in Fig. 2, where only each alternate element 1 is provided with an extension l. In each instance on each side of the extension is formed a groove RADIATOR EOE STEAM AND WATER.

detail the latter and serving to hold iniplacethe intermediate heat accumulating bodies here-9* are interposed between two, of the elements,

each body being provided withtwo laterally extending parts or wings for meeting those of the neighboring bodies in front of the elements, so as to form. a continuous protective and ornamental front for the radiator. These bodies are designated 3 in Fig. 2, 9 in Fig. 3 and 10 in Fig. 4. In each instance their, sides are shaped to fit the grooves 5 aforesaid and be held thereby. Their material may be ,of any kind of porcelain or other eartherw'are, iron or other metals or equivalent heat-storing material. They are. constructed in blocks or plates piled on each other to complete. from top to bottom the 1 front of the radiator, being also individually easily removed and replaced. As shownin Fig. 2, each'body 3 maybe a flat plate hav:

ing lateral parts adapted to fit into the grooves 5 of the extensions 4 and also laterally extending parts 3 adapted to meet,

in front of the extensions 4:, thecorresponding laterally extending parts of the neigh boring bodies 3, not shown in this view.

In Fig. 3. each of the heat accumulating bodies 9 is a tubular block fitting the grooves 5, the heads of extensions 1 and the front parts of the radiator elements 1, and having on each side a curved laterally extendingpart 9-,;-adapted .to meet a similar part of the next body 9 on that side. These curved laterally extending parts 9 fit snugly on the rounded heads of the extensions 4 and complete the front of the radiator.

In Fig. 4fthe bodies 10 are shown as laterally undulating plates fitting the elements, the grooves 5 and the spheroidal heads of the extensions 4', and ending in laterally extending curved parts 10*, which meet each other as above described on the front of the extensions i covering the same and completing the radiator front as described for Figs. 2 and 3.

In each form the blocks serve to store and radiate heat and also, by reason of their meeting laterally extending parts, cover the front of the radiator, protecting the elements which they overlap, and giving the radiator a pleasing appearance. To enhance this the blocks or plates 3, 9- or 10 may be glazed, enameled or otherwise superficially decorated.

In the forms illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4 there is a pile of such heat-storing bodies 9 between each two proximate elements 1; but in the form shown in Fig. 2 each body extends laterally in front of one of the elements, which has no extension 4: on its front and engages the grooves 5 of the elements which are next in order on either side.

In applying the bodies 3, 9 or 10 they are piled one upon another, being pushed down etween the elements 1 until the lowest row rests upon the flat rim 13, and then row succeeds row till the uppermost row nearly reaches the top of the radiator. On this uppermost row rest the horizontal supports 12 of a perforated plate 15, constituting the radiator top. These supports are provided with openings 12. Said plate and supports form the cover or cap of the radiator and hide the feeding tube and other inner parts. The said supports are provided with openings 16 at convenient intervals. The air enters. under rim 13 and the lower tube 2 through an ample opening, and passes up between the elements 1 through fines 11, Figs. 3 and 4;, escaping through the openings l6 and. the perforations of plate 15.

. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the ends of the radiator may be protected by heat-absorbing plates 6, which serve the same purpose at that part of the radiator as bodies 3, 9 and 10 above described at the front there of. As shown in Fig. 2, each of these plates has at its front edge a hook-form projection 6, which overlaps and engages a shoulder 7 on the front of the head of the extension 4 of the nearest element 1. The rear edge of the said plate 6 is similarly pro- Vided with a hook-form extension 6 which catches over a rearward extension 8 of the same element. These hook-form extensions run the whole length of each plate 6, and the ferent parts and increasing its attractiveness.

In improving older radiators which do not have extensions, such as 4, 4 or 4P, on their elements ribs providing such extensions or similar parts may be fastened on the elements, and the filling heat-absorbing bodies 3, 9 or 10 are put in place in engagement therewith, as before described. Of

course, a radiator may be lengethened by the addition of elements and filling bodies thereto. Said bodies may be of different colors as well as different forms, thus making it possible to produce. almost any desired design in the front of the radiator.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be used I declare that what I claim is 1 1. In combination with the elements of a radiator, superposed separable heat-absorbing blocks fitting in the spaces between said elements and provided with laterally extending parts adapted to meet in front of the said elements and to present a continuous front of the radiator.

2. In combination with the elements of a radiator superposed heat-absorbing bodies fitting on the end elements and arranged to present a continuous end cover of the radiator.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

J EN S LANGE.

Witnesses AFAeNUs YENsEN, MARTIN YENSE. 

